On 17 April 2008, Advocate General Mazák delivered an opinion in relation to the joined appeals brought before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) by the Coop de France Bétail et Viande(FNCBV) and the Fédération nationale des syndicats d’exploitants agricoles(FNSEA), the Fédération nationale bovine(FNB), the Fédération nationale des producteurs de lait(FNPL) and the Jeunes agriculteurs(JA) against an earlier judgment of the Court of First Instance (CFI).
On 13 December 2006, the Court of First Instance (CFI) handed down its judgment in an appeal brought by a number of French meat